Wednesday, June 6, 2012

My wife and I have been plowing through the fantastic Human Planet series. In the "Grasslands" episode, there is a remarkable scene in which Dorobo hunters from Eastern Africa demonstrate a traditional hunting tactic which basically goes as follows:

1) Find a pack of hungry lions tearing apart a fresh kill
2) Walk up to lions menacingly
3) Take the Lions' meal and walk away

After watching the surprising result of the Heat/Celtics game last night, I couldn't help but think that the Celtics are like those three sparsely-armed hunters marching confidently towards the pack of lions. No one gave these Celtics a chance (especially me). The Eastern Conference championship, once Derrick Rose went down, was the Heat's meal. It was theirs. The only question was how many games it would take.